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- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Arctic Realm
- Chapter 2 The Palearctic Realm
- Chapter 3 The Afrotropical Realm
- Chapter 4 The Madagascan Realm
- Chapter 5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
- Chapter 6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
- Chapter 7 The Australian Realm
- Chapter 8 The Polynesian Realm
- Chapter 9 The Nearctic Realm
- Chapter 10 The Caribbean Realm
- Chapter 11 The Neotropical Realm
- Chapter 12 The Patagonian Realm
- Chapter 13 The Antarctic Realm
- Chapter 14 The Oceanic Realm
- Chapter 15 Global Balance
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 6 - The Papua-Melanesian Realm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2023
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 The Arctic Realm
- Chapter 2 The Palearctic Realm
- Chapter 3 The Afrotropical Realm
- Chapter 4 The Madagascan Realm
- Chapter 5 The Indo-Malaysian Realm
- Chapter 6 The Papua-Melanesian Realm
- Chapter 7 The Australian Realm
- Chapter 8 The Polynesian Realm
- Chapter 9 The Nearctic Realm
- Chapter 10 The Caribbean Realm
- Chapter 11 The Neotropical Realm
- Chapter 12 The Patagonian Realm
- Chapter 13 The Antarctic Realm
- Chapter 14 The Oceanic Realm
- Chapter 15 Global Balance
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Papua-Melanesian Zoogeographic Realm consists of the island of New Guinea along with its numerous satellites and the vast Melanesian archipelagos to the east. Primary among the latter are the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and New Caledonia. It shares affinities with Wallacean, Micronesian, and Australian fauna regions.
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- Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the WorldA Biogeographic Approach, pp. 294 - 318Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023